Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Department of Justice Emails Description An account of the resource The Department of Justice received more than 11,000 e-mails in response to the agency's public solicitation for comments upon its plans to distribute the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 established by Congress to benefit the victims of September 11 and their families. These e-mails have been organized here by date. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. Tuesday, January 15, 2002 3:44 PM Collateral Offsets It is a shame that the comments area has been "hijacked" by mass email spammers seeking to advance political agendas (however worthy they may be) instead of allowing for open discussion of the merits of the program by those directly affected, namely families of victims like my sister in law, who lost her husband. I trust by now you have heard from practically every outlet that reducing awards by "collateral offset" will be a certain deal-breaker for many families, as it uses the benefits that people had earned in their own right, or paid for out of their own pockets, as an excuse to deny compensatory damages for what I expect any court of law or sensible jury would find to be inexcusable lapses in security, preparation and judgment on the part of the many organizations involved (the airlines, the airports, the security companies, the WTC building management, etc.). I am hoping that the great public outcry against these conditions will be taken into account prior to the finalization of the settlement terms. When many potential settlements are being reduced to almost zero due to these conditions, many families will have no choice but to opt for litigation, as painful and drawn out as it will certainly be for all involved. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-15 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource dojN001764.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. email Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-01-15